Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)
Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)

The date of foundation of Pyatigorsk State University is considered to be June 27, 1939, when the Pedagogical School officially became a higher educational institution. Since then, the university has undergone various changes and transformations - an increase in the number of years of study, several renamings - and officially became known as Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. Since 2005, the head of the university is Professor Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich. By 2009, 10 faculties were formed at the university. Further, on their basis, institutes and higher schools were created, having one of the faculties in their composition. In addition, PSU is actively developing the system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education. It has a branch in Novorossiysk. Currently, the university has 34 departments. Now Pyatigorsk State University has more than 5,500 students and 3,000 students from different regions of Russia and foreign countries. All the peoples of the Caucasus are also represented in PSU.

PSU faculty members are among the winners of the 2025-2026 grant competition from the Potanin Foundation.

The results of the grant competition for faculty members have been announced; this year, 150 participants from across the country were named winners. Among them are two PSU faculty members:

Daria Nikolaevna Sukhovskaya with her project "Modern Problems of Philosophy 4.0";

Oleg Vladimirovich Kurskikh with his project to redesign the course "Fundamentals of Media Accessibility."

This season, the winners received not only grant support but also additional opportunities for professional development.

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